Eyewitnesses state that wedding participants in Dagestan were beaten; power agents assert that they stopped extremists' action

Ten beaten participants of the wedding party have been brought to the OVD (Interior Division) of the city of Kizlyar, Magomed Kartashov, a member of the NGO "Union of the Just", among them, said an eyewitness of the incident. In its turn, the local Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) states detention of the members of the extremist organization "Hizb-ut-Tahrir".

Initially, information about the incident came from Magomed Gadjiev, one of the guests to the wedding party. He said that today in Kizlyar, law enforcers stopped a wedding cortege with Islamic flags; and as a result of the incident dozens of participants of the ceremony, including the detained bridegroom Timur Zakaryaev, were taken to the OVD.

"The motorcade was stopped by the police at the entrance; they demanded the remove the Islamic flag stretched on the hood of the car. When Magomed Kartashov asked to explain the reason for such demand, he was severely beaten. We began expressing our indignation; then, policemen attacked us; some of them opened fire into the air. In total, 10 persons were beaten and taken to the Kizlyar OVD," one of the guests Magomed Asadullaev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The press service of the MIA of Dagestan said that in Kizlyar the police prevented an unauthorized event, which was organized by the organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir", recognized by the court as extremist.